So … you’ve mentioned the challenge to get the shot? A long hike? Or difficult footing? I’ve never been to Arches … or Zion or Bryce. My one opportunity to explore parks in Utah took me to Capitol Reef.

Hi LB, not a long hike just some scrambling up a bit of loose rock. Capital Reef is one place I have not spent much time. Just an evening and a day hike the next morning on the way home from Bryce. Sure need to find time to make it back…maybe this spring.

Love it – and I wonder, if it also counts as an “Adder stone”: “Adder stones were believed to have magical powers such as protection against eye diseases or evil charms, preventing nightmares, curing whooping cough, the ability to see through fairy or witch disguises and traps if looked at through the middle of the stone, and of course recovery from snakebite. According to popular conception, a true adder stone will float in water. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adder_stone)

I guess you didn’t discover any fairy or witch disguises after taking this shot? 😉

I know what you mean. I’m working in the city too and often feel drained towards weekend. And not only work-related. I think I would wither or fade (hope that’s the right expression for it) should I be forced to live downtown within stone and bricks for a very long time.

..and amazingly, I sleep best outdoors. I should move to Norway. Or somewhere else with less people and more nature.

And I wonder why and how so many people still (seem to) feel good without nature at all. I always get laughed at when I lament/whine not having a tree in front of my office window by my co-workers. But that’s a different story I guess. 🙂

Hahaha! 😀 …Well, I had a plane tree/buttonwood (?) in front of mine, but had to switch rooms and now it’s just the huge wall of a new office tower (construction site) I’m staring at the whole day. The sky has vanished too, but there are some builders watching us work at our computers and waving all the time. But – so what. 😉 …*goes hugging a tree* 😉